Students of history are horror-struck at the massacres of old; but in the shambles, men are being murdered to-day.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important.

Something happened to you, they discovered, when you were given the unconditional love and trust of a child.You wanted to try to deserve it.

You never lose friends. You just discover who your real friends are.

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.

My work is a support system for people to feel good about themselves.

Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure.

It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.

No country can become a nation by producing a race of imitators.

Faith looks to the word and the promise; that is, to the truth. But hope looks to that which the word has promised, to the gift .

If you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.'